Brian Hughes on illness-prone personalities
Today, on Futureproof, we find out why some personality types can be more prone to illness. Brian Hughes, Director of...
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Planet-hunting with Kepler
For almost three years now, NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has been monitoring the light from distant and not-so-distant stars to find...
Carl Zimmer on the evolution of friendship
This Saturday on Futureproof, we’ll be catching up with Carl Zimmer on his recent article for Time Magazine on the evolutionary...
Love: A basic need
On today’s show, we hear the incredible story of Harry Harlow, an American psychologist known for his research on social...
Orgasm for science
On this week’s Futureproof, we speak to author and brave human test-subject, Kayt Sukel. Kayt is the author of Dirty Minds,...
Are birds really monogamous?
This Saturday, we’ll be speaking to Professor Tim Birkhead from the University of Sheffield, an expert in sexual selection and...
Neil deGrasse Tyson on this Saturday’s Futureproof
This week, we speak to the awesome Neil deGrasse Tyson. One of the most engaging personalities from the world of...
David Nutt on the benefits of ecstasy
An expert on the anatomy, chemistry and psychology of the brain, David Nutt was the perfect choice as chairman of...
Packing for Mars
On this Saturday’s Futureproof, we speak to best-selling author Mary Roach about her latest book, Packing for Mars. In this...
Introducing the “Spidergoat”
Why is a Wyoming farmer rearing goats that make silk? And, more importantly, how? On tonight’s Futureproof, we’ll be talking...
Scientists with super powers
This week on Futureproof, we’ll be catching up with Professor Kevin Warwick from the University of Reading. Known to the...
Working towards a cure for Alzheimer’s
This week, the US government set a goal of finding an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s by 2025. Is this deadline...
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